Education Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - Nova New Opportunities

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Job summary

The salary is £33,500 per annum and in addition to bank holidays we offer 25 days' annual leave, additional Christmas time leave, a pension scheme, cycle to work scheme and a comprehensive training programme.

If you wish to apply, please submit your CV and Cover Letter by 3pm on 10th July. If shortlisted, you will be invited to an interview at a mutually agreeable date. If you would like any further information about the charity do look on our website.

• Have a degree or equivalent and a full UK teaching qualification in the Further Education sector or equivalent experience.
• Teaching experience at various levels in the FSE/ESOL sector, ideally inclusive of preparing and entering students for FSE/ESOL exams.
• Have management experience in the education sector or in a relevant field
• Have experience in project management and coordinating across small teams and departments.
• Planning and implementing changes to curricula.
• Have excellent interpersonal, leadership and people management skills and be able to communicate effectively with and motivate a diverse range of people, both as individuals and groups.
• Be able to think creatively about different ways to help both staff and students to progress.
• Be able to carry out effective planning, monitoring and evaluation of courses alongside planning and implementing changes to curricula.
• Be selfmotivated with a positive and enthusiastic personality and the ability to work as part of a small team.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce and present reports to a variety of audiences.
• Take pride in being efficient, well organised and on top of tasks.
• Be able to use initiative, work effectively under pressure, meet tight deadlines, prioritise and pay excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrate awareness of and commitment to the provision of a quality service; the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and valuing equal opportunities and diversity.
• Be able to demonstrate flexibility and commitment to taking a full and active part in the life of the charity, including ad hoc support of other programmes, adapting to and managing change.
• Be highly computer literate, conversant with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook.

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Desirable Experience

• Some knowledge and experience of the charity sector.
• Demonstrate experience of teaching FSE/ESOL to a high standard through 'Good' and 'Outstanding' teaching observation records.

Responsibilities/ Core duties:

• To organise, administer and develop all aspects of the learning programme and achieve given targets for retention, achievement, pass rates and other set KPIs in all curriculum areas, including Adult Education and children's afterschool classes delivered by our Family Programme.
• To overview the accredited and nonaccredited learning courses and develop curricula as appropriate.
• To organise appropriate accreditation in each curriculum area and ensure that the requirements of the awarding body/ies are met as an internal verifier, and ensure that all paperwork meets the required standard of the awarding body/ies.
• To ensure that the RARPA process is fully implemented.
• To ensure compliance with OFSTED rules and procedures.
• To plan progression routes into further learning or employment.
• To work within the agreed departmental budgets and targets set by funders.
• To manage the teachers and tutors, including regular observations, performance management and professional support, including children's teachers delivering afterschool classes remotely.
• To identify and assess the continuous professional development needs of tutors and organise and facilitate education team meetings, including the Family Programme children's teachers.
• To keep up to date with national and regional developments in adult learning and cascade the information appropriately.
• To plan and monitor the programme of courses in each area of the curriculum including liaison and/or partnership with other organisations, timetabling, holiday cover, including the Family Programme after school classes for children.
• To maintain a Tutor Area on Share Point with examples of best practice and practical tips and advice for both Adult Education and Family Programme.
• To ensure compliance with all necessary regulations and legal requirements, including Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety and Safeguarding of vulnerable groups.
• To oversee internal and external data input and use data on enrolment, retention and achievement to monitor and plan provision.
• To monitor and report on Children's classroom attendance and learning progress in our Family Programme classes.
• To prepare and present written reports to Heads of Department, trustees and funders as required, to include the analysis of attendance and achievement data
• To attend staff and trustee meetings, as required.
• To prepare and present the annual and term